Chapter 392: Entering Yilan II
Xue Maoxun didn't want to think about it, you came with an army of 10,000 people to kill, and the number was about the same as the men, women, and children of the Magalan people in the Yilan area combined.
When the people of Magalan first learned the news, they were scared and peeed, can they hurry up and find a new force for themselves?
Otherwise, wait for the Tang army to come to slaughter the village and exterminate the society, and the young and strong men and women will be arrested as slaves and maids?
Wu Sanhe rode a big horse and waved the obstacle knife in his hand (Tang-like big knife) on the battlefield to rush left and right, killing bloody, and his fierce and fierce face frightened those Atayal people who were not afraid of death, and they retreated when he came on horseback.
Except for the 1,000 Tang troops who guarded the safety of grain and grass who did not go to the battlefield to fight, the rest of the soldiers were all killed with the enemy.
As the commander-in-chief, Xue Maoxun couldn't bear the bloodthirsty hope in his heart, and led three hundred cavalry to join the war group, killing gods and Buddhas along the way, but after a while, the body of the war horse under the seat was like being splashed with blood.
It is a nightmare for the Atayal and Magalan people who have no cavalry, and there is a generation gap between the two sides of weapons and armor, and the number is not dominant, and they are completely relying on a force to protect their homeland and fight with the Tang army without fear of death, and use the life-for-life style to fight the Tang army with sharp steel knives.
It's a pity that the idea is good, but the reality is very backbone.
Not to mention the brave and combative 800 Chaos Guards, even the 5,200 united soldiers were not weak chickens like the official army in the Song and Ming dynasties.
Who said that the folk martial arts were still flourishing in the early Tang Dynasty? Not to mention that many of the united soldiers are still from dilapidated government soldier families, and that martial arts have been practiced since childhood.
The Chaos Guard on the battlefield relied on a sophisticated iron-armored steel sword, like a humanoid tank in a group of people who were no more than animal skin Mai holding carbon-tipped spearheads, setting off a bloody storm.
Although the Magalans brought in the brave and daring Atayal as reinforcements, they could not make up for the huge disadvantage in numbers.
The number of people who ambushed Min Lingbu halfway up the mountain was only 2,000, and there were more than 400 young and strong women who could bend bows and shoot arrows to fight on the field. It was used to ensure that there were enough troops to ambush the main force of the Tang army at the foot of the mountain.
But there were only more than 3,000 people, but they were facing 8,200 Tang troops, not even half of the opponent's, and their weapons and equipment were at an absolute disadvantage.
Despite this carefully orchestrated ambush, the disadvantage was not compensated.
Only more than half an hour later, in the face of the Tang army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, how brave and fearless of death were the Magalans and Atayals, they were also killed to the point that only more than 300 people were left to survive, and they were surrounded by the Tang army.
"Surrender without killing ......"
As soon as a lieutenant shouted out, he was whipped by Xue Maoxun, who came on horseback, and shouted: "Crossbowmen prepare." ”
The besieged Tang army was immediately replaced by hundreds of crossbowmen, and the arrows were aimed at the remnants of the people in the middle.
The remnants, whether they are the warlike Atayal people or the Magalan people who are sworn to defend their homeland, face the encirclement of the Tang army, there is no hope of survival, the brave regard death as home, and the cowardly have two Zhan Zhan.
"Putting ......"
Xue Maoxun's whip fell.
"Whoosh ......"
Hundreds of arrows were fired in response, and the arrows hit the target, and in the blink of an eye, more than 300 people were shot into hedgehogs.
At this time, the battlefield halfway up the mountain also came to an end.
In the face of the blood, broken limbs, and broken bodies that can be seen everywhere on the battlefield, the soldiers who have experienced the war have long been surprised, and some soldiers did not think about it, so they found a corpse of the enemy whose body was still intact and sat down, took out the cake from the body and ate it to replenish the energy consumed in the fierce battle just now.
Among the united soldiers and fan soldiers, some soldiers who went to the battlefield for the first time saw the battlefield that was like Shura's hell after the war, and they were so frightened that they vomited directly, and the veterans looked at it and shook their heads.
"Governor, the count has come out, our army has destroyed 2,923 enemies, including 1,157 Atayal people. In our army, the Chaos Guard suffered only five casualties, the Unity Soldiers killed one hundred and three, the Fan soldiers killed three hundred and ninety-seven, and another 1,121 lightly and seriously wounded. ”
The Chaos Guard held the notebook in which it was recorded.
"Solidarity casualties are a bit too much......"
Xue Maoxun said with a frown.
The secretary nodded, "If you can match the unity soldiers with armor, instead of wearing their self-made leather armor, more than 100 people will not be killed today." ”
Wu Sanhe happened to hear the emotion of the secretary in charge, and said: "Then the governor asked His Royal Highness King Yan to distribute iron armor to Taiwan's united soldiers, so that in the future, there will not be so many casualties in other places in the future." ”
"I ask Your Highness to issue iron armor to the unity soldiers temporarily recruited by the Governor's Palace, you can figure it out."
Xue Maoxun didn't have a good airway.
Successive dynasties never equipped the armies that needed to be temporarily requisitioned by the local authorities for war, and they would be disbanded immediately once the war was over. The purpose of this is to prevent the local army from supporting itself and engaging in a separatist rebellion.
This is also the first time that the unity soldiers appeared in western Sichuan, and the imperial court took over the command of the requisition and transfer to the hands of the local state-level assassins, and the weapons and equipment needed to be solved by the unity soldiers themselves, and the local government did not dare to distribute weapons to the unity soldiers at will.
Otherwise, you will be stabbed by someone with a heart and ask you, how can a local government have weapons to arm an army? Could it be that he made weapons privately and gathered people with the intention of rebelling? That's really jumping into the Yellow River and can't be washed.
After all, it is impossible and dare not make too many weapons made by private individuals, and the weapons produced by the imperial court ordnance supervision office specializing in the production of weapons and equipment are all stored in the arsenal, and no one can take them out without the permission of the imperial court.
Li Yu was sent to the overseas island governors to face the heavy task of conquest and suppression, and it was far from enough to rely on the garrison alone, so he gave them the right to temporarily recruit and transfer united troops, how could it be possible to give them sophisticated ordnance and armor to strengthen the local armed forces?
Xue Maoxun knew this very well, and his reverse thoughts about Wu Sanhe almost slapped him with two big mouths and made him grow his brain.
"You take someone to see how Min Cheng is doing? If you win, hurry up and build the road to the mountain. ”
Xue Maoxun sent Wu Sanhe, who was an eyesore, away.
Wu Sanhe had to be depressed and took his five hundred men to the direction of Min Yan's headquarters to go up the mountain.
Seeing Min Cheng sitting on the root of a big tree resting, there were annihilated corpses everywhere, and it was strange that he still saw the corpses of many strong women on the ground, many of whom were dead.
The surviving solidarity soldiers carried the bodies of their fallen comrades to the dug pit so that they could be buried alive, and took the horizontal knives in their hands to cut down the wood and cut out wooden plaques to engrave the name of the tomb owner.
Wu Sanhe came to Min Cheng, and before he could open his mouth to ask, Min Cheng spoke.
"Two Chaos Guards died, more united soldiers died, there were forty-seven, more than one hundred and seventy soldiers, and more than 1,980 enemies were annihilated."
"Brother Min has a good record, but we have annihilated nearly 3,000 enemies under the mountain, and after this battle, our army will cross this mountain range and enter the Yilan Plain unimpeded. Two months later, the battle report of our army's great victory will be presented in front of the case of His Royal Highness King Yan, and the reward for the work of expanding the territory will also arrive with the arrival of the next fleet......"
Wu Sanhe said with a happy longing.
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After two days of construction, a dirt and gravel road from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain winds its way through the jungle.
There are still more than 9,000 Tang troops left, with the power of victory, slowly ascending to the top of the mountain, looking at the dewy coastal plain at the bottom of the mountain. According to the information of the scouts, in the first battle two days ago, the Magaland people in the Yilan area and the nearby Atayal people were completely lost, and only the old and young women and children were left in the villages, and they were now fleeing for their lives in the mountains.